Albert Premier Hut
The Albert Premier Hut, sometimes known as Albert 1er, is located on the Haute Route between Chamonix, France and Zermatt, Switzerland. It is at 2,702 metres above sea level.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hut
- Description: building
- Also known as: “Refuge Albert Premier”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Aiguille du Tour and Pointe des Berons.
Aiguille du Tour
Peak
Photo: O.Taris, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Aiguille du Tour is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif, located on the border between Switzerland and France. The voie normale on the mountain is graded F and can be climbed from either the Albert Premier Hut on the French side or the Trient Hut on the Swiss side.
Pointe des Berons
Peak
The Pointe des Berons is a mountain of the Mont Blanc Massif, located on the border between Switzerland and France. It lies approximately halfway between the Col de Balme and the Aiguille du Tour. The east side is covered by the Glacier des Berons.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Le Tour and Montroc.
Le Tour
Hamlet
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Le Tour is a hamlet, which is situated 3 km west of Albert Premier Hut.
Montroc
Hamlet
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Montroc is a hamlet in eastern France, located in the territory of the commune of Chamonix. Several houses at Poses 150 m north-east of Montroc were destroyed on 9 February 1999 by a slab avalanche from Bec du Lachat and Mont Peclerey on the Mont Blanc massif, killing 12 people. Montroc is situated 4 km west of Albert Premier Hut.
Col du Chardonnet
Locality
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Col du Chardonnet is a locality, which is situated 4 km southeast of Albert Premier Hut.
Albert Premier Hut
- Category: mountain hut
- Location: Chamonix, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Albert Premier Hut” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Refugi Albert Primer”
- Dutch: “Refuge Albert-Ier”
- French: “Refuge Albert 1er”
- French: “Refuge Albert Ier”
- French: “Refuge Albert premier”
- French: “Refuge Albert-Ier”
- German: “Refuge Albert 1er”
- Italian: “rifugio Albert Ier”
- Portuguese: “Refúgio Alberto I”
- Spanish: “Refugio Alberto Primero”
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